… and Resilience Page 26 Food and Agriculture Page 27 N.B.: further information, data, graphs and glossaries of key terms and acronyms can be found in the Supplementary Document. Executive Summary In 2019, Three Rivers District Council declared a Climate Emergency; committing to achieving carbon neutrality by 2030 for its own emissions and assisting the District to achieve net-zero carbon…
… self-sufficiency. Phil Williams, Lead Member for Environmental Services and Sustainability. 3 Introduction In 2019, Three Rivers District Council declared a Climate Emergency and committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2030 for its own emissions and assisting the District in reaching the legally-binding Government target of net-zero carbon by 2050 (at the latest). The greenhouse…
… degradation, giving the Council a clear mandate for immediate and decisive action. How the Consultation Influenced the Final Strategy: • To reflect the collective sense of urgency among residents who passionately appealed for district-wide decarbonisation to be achieved well before 2050, the Strategy has been amended to adopt the more ambitious target of achieving net-zero for the District’s…
… by 2050, and can expect 3cm to 27cm of sea-level rise varying regionally across the UK, a 10% increase in heavy rainfall, and a 50% chance of each summer being hotter than that of 2018. If global greenhouse gas emissions are brought rapidly to net-zero in the second half of this century, UK temperatures (and rainfall) could be kept close to their level in 2050. However, sea levels in the UK would…
… emissions reductions7. Nationally, the UK is committed under the Climate Change Act 2008 to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Net-zero means reducing greenhouse gas emissions as close to zero as possible and offsetting any remaining emissions through schemes such as reforestation or carbon capture and storage. Other Relevant National Policies: • The Carbon Plan 2011 identifies…